LandBNG
REMOTE · LANDBNG.UK
BNG income and cost estimates for land in England, GB grid headroom and planning history
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Last scanned (2 hours ago)
Scores higher than 60% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security80
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability60
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 605 tokens (~151/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management33
- Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage71
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 31 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 29 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +7
- Authorization: unverified → partial ▲ security
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “check_grid_connection” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “estimate_bng_income” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “check_grid_connection” changed its title: Check grid connection headroom cosmetic
- Tool “check_planning_history” changed its title: Check planning history cosmetic
- Tool “estimate_bng_cost” changed its title: Estimate BNG cost cosmetic
- Tool “estimate_bng_income” changed its title: Estimate BNG income cosmetic
- 27 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 26 Oct 26 62
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://landbng.uk/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=landbng.uk | CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 5 Oct 2026 | 3 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 61b7ff3338fe69bfc2329d6d3f3781f9f83 |
| SANs: *.landbng.uk, landbng.uk | ||||||
| CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of landbng.uk. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| uk. | present | 43876 | 8 | Verified |
| landbng.uk. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload |
| content-security-policy | default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https://unpkg.com https://js.stripe.com https://www.googletagmanager.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://browser.sentry-cdn.com https://eu.i.posthog.com https://eu-assets.i.posthog.com; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://fonts.googleapis.com https://unpkg.com https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com; font-src 'self' https://fonts.gstatic.com https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com data:; img-src 'self' data: blob: https://*.basemaps.cartocdn.com https://basemaps.cartocdn.com https://*.tile.openstreetmap.org https://tile.opentopomap.org https://ibasemaps-api.arcgis.com https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org https://www.google-analytics.com https://*.google-analytics.com https://api.thunderforest.com; connect-src 'self' https://landbng.uk https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org https://api.stripe.com https://*.basemaps.cartocdn.com https://basemaps.cartocdn.com https://*.tile.openstreetmap.org https://tile.opentopomap.org https://ibasemaps-api.arcgis.com http |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| x-frame-options | SAMEORIGIN |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| permissions-policy | geolocation=(self), microphone=(), camera=(), payment=(self), usb=(), magnetometer=(), gyroscope=(), accelerometer=() |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://landbng.uk/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://landbng.uk/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://landbng.uk/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
check_grid_connection Check grid connection headroom ~93
Check nearest UK electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) grid connection headroom for a location: generation/demand headroom (MW/MVA), RAG status, voltage, and a combined BNG+grid siting signal. Covers all of Great Britain (England/Scotland/Wales), not just England. Free, no key.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | number | yes | – |
| lon | number | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
check_planning_history Check planning history ~79
Find planning applications near a UK location, via UK PlanIt's public aggregator (over 400 UK planning authorities). Free, no key. radius_km must be between 0.1 and 5.0.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | number | yes | – |
| lon | number | yes | – |
| radius_km | number | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
estimate_bng_cost Estimate BNG cost ~179
Estimate the cost of meeting England's mandatory 10% biodiversity net gain requirement for a development scheme of `scheme_ha` hectares, across 3 procurement routes (off-site habitat bank mosaic, off-site grassland/ heathland, statutory biodiversity credits, priced per unit at two Defra credits per unit), and the units to buy from a gain site in the same, a neighbouring or a further authority (spatial risk multiplier 1.0 / 0.75 / 0.5, with this point's authority names). land_type: brownfield / arable / improved / semi_improved / mixed. England only. Free, no key.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| land_type | string | – | – |
| lat | number | yes | – |
| lon | number | yes | – |
| scheme_ha | number | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
estimate_bng_income Estimate BNG income ~143
Estimate 30-year lump-sum BNG income (LOW/MID/HIGH) for dedicating `area_ha` hectares of an England parcel to biodiversity net gain habitat creation, from LandBNG planning assumptions per habitat capped at the Defra statutory credit price; local factors (flood zone, SSSI, Green Belt, Ancient Woodland, AONB, Agricultural Land Class, nearby NSIP projects and how many fall under mandatory BNG) are listed, not priced. England only. Free, no key.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| area_ha | number | yes | – |
| lat | number | yes | – |
| lon | number | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
How do I install the LandBNG MCP server?
LandBNG is a hosted endpoint at https://landbng.uk/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · landbng.uk
claude mcp add --transport http uk-landbng-landbng 'https://landbng.uk/mcp'
What is the LandBNG MCP server?
LandBNG is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.landbng/landbng. BNG income and cost estimates for land in England, GB grid headroom and planning history. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://landbng.uk/mcp).
Is the LandBNG MCP server safe to use?
LandBNG scores 73 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the LandBNG MCP server expose?
LandBNG exposes 4 tools: check_grid_connection, check_planning_history, estimate_bng_income, estimate_bng_cost. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 494 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the LandBNG MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to LandBNG without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the LandBNG MCP server still maintained?
LandBNG is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.